provocable

Adjective

Meaning

provocable (not comparable)

That can be provoked

Examples

Just as important as getting cooperation started were the conditions that allowed it to be sustainable. The strategies that could sustain mutual cooperation were the ones which were provocable. Robert Axelrod

All of us from fertile egg to embryo to corpse, are exactly that: warm, wet, furry animals compelled by the sexuality of our forefathers and foremothers to be, either directly or indirectly, our own exciting and excitable, provocative and provocable selves. Lynn Margulis

This can work against some strategies that are less provocable or more forgiving than TIT FOR TAT, but generally they do poorly. Source: Internet

To obtain the benefit or avoid exploitation it is necessary to be provocable to both retaliation and forgiveness. Source: Internet

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